Registering money bank



April 20, 1937. R. B. HAYDEN REGI STERING MONEY BANK Filed Jan. 6

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Patented Apr. 20, 1937 UNlTED STATES PATENT GFFQE REGISTERING MONEY BANK ration of Washington Application January 6, 1932, Serial No. 585,034

7 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in money banks for the reception of coins and my present invention is in the nature of an improvement on the bank disclosed in my prior Patent Number 1,826,398, issued October 6, 1931.

The general objects of my invention are to improve and simplify the construction of banks of this nature and to reduce the cost of manufacture 'of said banks and render said banks more reli- -U able and efficient in operation.

More specic objects are to provide a small savings bank which may be given out by savings institutions to depositors, said savings bank having a plurality of coin slots for the insertion of coins of different denomination and further having registering means operated by the insertion of the coins for registering, totaling and visibly indicating, within certain limits, the amounts of the coins of each denomination which have been inserted through the respective slots, said mechanism embodying devices for precluding the operation of the registering means except by the insertion of a proper coin and devices for preventing the extraction of the coins after they have been inserted far enough into the registering means to operate the same.

A still further object is to provide a registering bank of this nature in which the registering mechanism is all secured to the cover of the bank and removable with said cover thereby leaving said registering mechanism readily accessible for the purpose of re-setting the same when the bank is opened.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in plan substantially on broken line I-I of Fig. 2 of a. registering bank constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section substantially on broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detached perspective of a main frame member.

Fig. 4 is a detached plan showing a plurality of pawl and slide members with a locking plate po,- sitioned thereon.

Fig. 5 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detached elevation of a register wheel.

Fig. '7 is a sectional view of one register wheel showing it operatively positioned with respect to a, fragment of another wheel.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation of two register wheels and a stop and friction spring therefor.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary plan of a numbered strip used on the periphery of the register wheels.

Fig. 10 is a cross section of the cover on line Iii-I0 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 11 is a detached plan view of a fragment of a resilient plate used to prevent withdrawal of the coins after they are partly inserted.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the drawing.

In accordance with my present invention I provide a receptacle i0, preferably of rectangular shape and open at the top. A shallow rectangular cover II is provided for closing the open top of receptacle I, said cover II having a d ownn wardly extending inwardly offset lip I2 at one end arranged to t within the receptacle. The lip I2 extends around the corners and for a short distance along the sides of the cover II, see dotted lines Fig. 2, and the other end of cover II is secured to the housing i@ by a lock I3 having a throw I4 operable by a key, not shown, which may be inserted through a keyhole I5. A plurality of catch lugs I6, preferably three, are formed in each end of receptacle I0 by punching inwardly portions ofthe metal at the top edge. Lip I2 of cover Il has recesses Il formed therein, which t over said lugs It at one end and the throw I4 engages with one of said. lugs It at the other end. The provision of the lugs I6 at both ends makes it possible to have the cover I I reversible on the receptacle It, thus making it more convenient to apply said cover as it can not be put on wrong.

The registering mechanism is all secured to, and carried by, the cover I I and is readily accessible when the cover is removed. The registering mechanism is supported by a main frame member of a form more clearly shown in Fig. 3. This main frame member comprises a piece of metal bent to form an upper horizontal wall I8, a downwardly inclined wall I9 and a lower hori- Zontal wall 20, said wall 2t terminating in a downwardly inclined end, 2l. Two upwardly projecting anges 22 are provided along the sides of the horizontal wall portion i8 and two side plates 23 are connected with the edges of the incline-d wall I9 and extend upwardly and forwardly therefrom. The forward end of each side plate 23 has a lug 24 provided thereon for engagement with a shoulder 25 which is formed by that portion of the cover lip I2 which extends around the corners and a short distance along the sides of the cover. The rear end 26 of the horizontal wall I8 is bent upwardly and is engaged above a detent member 21 in the end of the cover thus securing the main frame member to the cover The main frame member is wide enough and long enough 5 to substantially ll the receptacle I0, thereby leaving a lower coin holding compartment 28 in said receptacle and an upper mechanism coinpartment 29 partly in the receptacle I0 and partly in the cover The cover is provided, near one end, with a plurality of coin slots 30, each for the reception of a coin of predetermined denomination and dimension, and said cover is provided near the other end with a plurality of openings 3| through which registering mechanism, of a form hereinafter described, may be read. A sheet 32 of transparent material is preferably placed within the cover so as to extend across the openings 3|. In this disclosure I show and describe a bank designed to receive coins of three different denominations, preferably ve, ten and twenty-five cent pieces but obviously said bank may be constructed for the reception of a greater or less number of coins and for coins of different denomination and size.

The registering mechanism comprises three registering wheels 33, 34 and 35, rotatably mounted side by side on a commonv shaft 36 which is supported by the side plates 23. Each wheel has a cylindrical portion on the circumference of which is a strip 31, preferably of thin metal, upon which the amounts to be indicated or registered are displayed. These strips 31 are preferably printed or embossed while flat and are drawn 35 snugly around the peripheries of the wheels 33, 34 and 35 and have their ends 38 inserted within slots in said wheels and bent reversely Within the rim portions of the wheels, as more clearly shown in Fig. 7. It will be understood that the line where the two ends of these strips come together will be between two sets of figures. Ratchet wheels 39, 40 and 4| are made integral with, or are otherwise rigidly secured to, the respective wheels 33, 34 and 35 and pawl members 42, 43 and 44 are pro-vided for engaging with the respective ratchet wheels 39, 4|) and 4|. The pawl members 42, 43 and 44 are integral with wider slide members 45, 46 and 41 which rest slidably on the horizontal section I8. The plate section I8 has three coin slots 48 provided therein directly below the coin slots 30 in the cover and a downwardly extending guide and coin engaging lug 49 on the rear end of each slide 45, 46 and 41 is slidably disposed in the adjacent coin slot 48 and is arranged to be engaged by a coin, as hereinafter set forth, to move the slide forwardly. Obiviously longitudinal movement of any one of the slide members 45, 46 and 41 toward the registering wheel will cause the pawl 42, 43 or 44 thereon to engage with one of the ratchet wheels and advance the registering wheel which is connected therewith. A spring is provided in connection with each slide 45, 46 and 41, for retracting the same. Each of these springs embodies a loop 50 supported on a lug 5| which is provided in the main frame member at the junction of the walls I9 and 20. One spring end 52 extends upwardly from each loop 50 and engages within a suitable notch 53 in the corresponding slide member.

The tips of the springs 52 which engage in the notches 53 are curved rearwardly on a gradual curve so that they will urge the slides rearwardly and exert a slight downward pressure but will not cause the pawls to bear hard on the ratchet wheels.

'I'he other spring end 54 of each loop 5U extends upwardly and bears against a circular friction and stop member 55 which is formed alongside of each ratchet wheel. The friction and stop member 55 has a stop shoulder 56 thereon which is arranged to abut against the end of the spring member 54 when the corresponding register wheel is in the zero or starting position. The friction of the spring 54 on the member 55 tends to prevent accidental movement of the attached register wheel. In addition to this friction I also form a transverse hump or curve 51 in each spring member 54 for producing frictional engagement with the sides of the two register wheels between which the spring end projects. Slight depressions 58 are provided at intervals in the edges of the register wheels for the spring humps 51 to rest in for each registering position of each wheel. This helps to bring the registering wheels to the correct position each time they are advanced and helps to hold them in the correct position until they are again moved by the insertion of a coin.

A coin operated locking member 59 is mounted for relatively slight rocking movement just above the frame plate I8 and overlying the slides 45,

46 and 41. Lugs 60 on the sides of said locking member 59 are positioned within recesses 6| in the side fianges 22 of frame member I8 and form anchoring and pivot means for the locking member 59. Preferably the proportions of the locking 5' member 59 and lugs 60 are made so that the locking member may be quickly and easily assembled in the frame by inserting first one lug and then the other and then inserting the frame in the cover plate so that the sides of the cover plate engage the ends of the lugs. The coin operated locking member 59 is provided with three coin slots 62, 63 and 64 of proper size and shape for the reception respectively of twenty-five, ten and five cent coins. The coin slots 62, 63 and 64 register with corresponding coin slots 36 in the cover plate The rear edge of the locking member 59 is bent upwardly to afford an inclined portion 65 which is pressed to form a notch 65', preferably of arcuate or V shape, at the rear end of each slot 62, 63 and 64 with which the rear edge of a coin which is being inserted through the slot may engage, said inclined portions 65 being diii'erently positioned longitudinally of the locking meniber and located at the ends of the coin slots 62,

63 and 64 which are of different length to correspond to the size of diierent coins. The front ends of the several coin slots 62, 63 and 64 are positioned substantially in the same line transversely of the locking member. The notches 65 in the inclined portions 65 and corresponding notches 49 in the downwardly extending lugs on the slides 45, 46 and 41 are preferably of arcuate or V shape so that only the corners of the coins will engage therewith. This avoids contact with the milling on the peripheral portions of the coins and results in much smoother operation. It should be noted that the milling on ten and twenty-live cent pieces terminates short of the corners of the coins. The forward end of the locking member 59 is provided with three downwardly extending pawls 66 for engagement within suitable recesses 61 in the slide members 45, 46 and 41 whereby the said slide members will be locked against forward movement except when the forward end of the locking member 59 is tilted up by pressure of a coin against the rear end thereof as the coin is inserted. `The front end of the locking member 59 is yieldingly held down by engagement of the inclined front sides 66 of the pawls 66 with upwardly extending inclined lugs 6T which are formed from the metal that is punched out of the slides 45, 46 and 4l' when the recesses 5l' are made. It will be apparent that rearward pressure of the spring members 52 on the slides will cause the inclined pawls 66 to tend to hold the forward end of the locking member down. An upwardly arched portion 5B is provided near the rear end of the locking member 59 and in the portion through which the coin slots pass said arched portion affording better guiding mea-ns for the coins and strengthening the locking plate at the location where it is the most weakened by the cutting of the coin slots therein. A coin gripping member lil preferably of thin sheet metal is secured to the inside of the cover ll at the location of the coin slots 3B and is provided with resilient tooth like portions 69 which will engage with the flat sides of a coin and prevent the said coin from being withdrawn after it has been partially inserted in the coin slots. This prevents the with drawal of a coin which has been inserted far enough to operate the registering mechanism The registering wheels are each preferably marked to register twenty coins and will repeat if more than twenty coins are passed through any one slot. No means are disclose-d for keeping track of the number of repetitions. This makes it possible, without repeating on any of the register wheels, to register twenty-iive cent pieces up to ve dollars and ten-cent pieces up to two dollars and five-cent pieces up to one dollar. The Zero or starting position for the register wheels is between the rst and last registration number and the stop shoulder 55 is so positioned as to stop each registering wheel on the aero position. When the cover l I is removed the registering wheels are exposed and may be operated with the iingers for the purpose of returning them to the Zero position. The ends of the pawls 42, 43 and 44 are always withdrawn clear of the ratchet teeth so that the ratchet wheels may be turned in either direction to re-set the register wheels.

In the operation of this registering bank it will be understood that the register wheels will all be set at their zero position before the bank is used or each time it is emptied. When a coin of proper size is inserted into any one of the coin slots said coin will first engage with the inclined notched wall 35 at the rear' end of the locking member 59 and tilt the rear end of the locking member 55 down and the front end of said locking member up thus lifting pawls 6B out of recesses 5l and releasing the slides 45, 46 and 4l. As the pawls y 55 never rise entirely above the lugs 5? they will always block rearward movement or any of the slides when the front end of the locking member is thus raised. Further movement of the coin into the slot will move the slide 45, 45 or 4'! with which the coin engages, toward the register wheels, causing the pawl on the forward end of the slide which is thus moved to engage with the proper ratchet wheel and advance the register' wheel one step, the raising of the front end of the locking member permitting the pawl to raise slightly without bearing down on the wheel. As soon as the widest part of the coin has passed between the rear end of the slide and the rear end of the coin slot in the locking member 59, the spring pressure on the slide will return said slide to its retracted position and snap the coin down into the coin receptacle. In this way each coin which is inserted into a coin slot will advance the corresponding register wheel one step and the register wheel will register, up to the limit oi its marlnngs,

the total amount of the coins which have been inserted through the corresponding slot. After a register wheel has registered one complete revolution it will display the largest amount which is marked thereon and the Zero marks will be the next ones on said wheel. However, if another coin is inserted the wheel will be moved beyond the zero position and far enough to display the first or lowest amount marked thereon. In this way the registering wheel will repeat without showing a Zero if more than the number of coins which such wheel is designed to register are inserted, this being accomplished by inserting the Zero marks between the rst and last numbers which are only one space apart.

The coin operated locking member 59 will engage with and lock the slides 45, 46 and 4l against movement except at the time that a coin` is being pressed through one of the coin slots, at which time the forward end of the locking member 59 A will be raised clear of the slides. This prevents operation of the registering devices in any way except by insertion of a coin of proper denomination,

The coin slots are of just large enough size to pass the coins for which they are intended and the distance between the rear end oi each slide 45, 46 and 41 and the corresponding rear wall E5 of the locking member 59 is made sufliciently less than the diameter of the coin for which it is intended to insure enough movement to advance the corresponding register disc one division each time a coin is inserted.

It will be noted, Fig. '7, that the register wheels are centrally counterbored on one end, as at 55', and have small cylindrical hubs at the other end, as at 34', which lit into the counterbore on the adjacent register wheel. This makes the register wheels easy to align and hold, in assembling and the small bearing surface at the ends of the hubs and near the centres of the wheels overcomes the tendency for one of the register wheels which is being moved, to carry adjacent register wheels along with it. It will also be noted in Fig. l, that the hub 54 of the register wheel 35 abuts against the adjacent side plate 23 and holds the wheel away from said plate and that a lug member 'l5 is pressed upwardly near one edge of the frame portion i8 for the slide member 41 to engage with this lug member i5 makes it possible in this construction to have all three slide members 45, 46 and 4'! the same width.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawing clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of my invention but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly within the scope and spirit of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a coin operated registering money bank, a rectangular cover having sides thereon, a main frame member having upwardly extending side flanges arranged to t snugly between the sides of said cover, said side anges having oppositely disposed holes therein, and a locking plate disposed between said side flanges and having pivot lugs projecting sidewise from the edges thereof into said holes, whereby said locking plate is supported for rocking movement, the combined width of said locking plate and length of one of said lugs being less than the distance between said side flanges permitting insertion of rst one and then the other of said pivot lugs in said holes in assembly, said lugs being held within said holes by the sides of said cover when the several parts are assembled.

2. In a coin operated registering money bank, a main frame member comprising a normally horizontal plate portion, a downwardly inclined portion at one end of said plate portion, normally horizontal guard portion at the lower end of said inclined portion, shallow side flanges extending upwardly from the sides of said plate portion, side plates extending forwardly from said inclined portion, a transverse axle member supported in said side plates, register wheels mounted on said axle member between said side plates, ratchet wheels on said register wheels, slide members slidable on said horizontal plate, pawls on said slide members engageable with said ratchet wheels, a locking plate pivotally supported for rocking movement above said slide plates, means on said locking plate engaging and locking said slide members when said locking plate is in` one position, and springs mounted on said main frame urging said slide members into retracted .position.

3. In a coin operated registering money bank,

' a main frame member comprising a normally horizontal plate portion, a downwardly inclined portion at one end of said plate portion and a normally horizontal guard portion at the lower end of said inclined portion, shallow side flanges extending upwardly' from the sides of said plate portion, side plates extending forwardly from said inclined portion, a transverse axle member supported in said side plates, register wheels mounted on said axle member between said side plates, ratchet wheels on said register wheels, stop wheels on said ratchet wheels, slide members slidable on said horizontal plate, pawls on said slide members for engaging said ratchet wheels, said pawls being clear of said ratchet wheels when the slide members are retracted, a locking plate pivotally supported for rocking movement above said slide plates and having means engaging and locking said slide members when said locking plate is in one position, and V-shaped springs supported on said main frame one end of each of said springs being positioned between two acacent register Wheels in frictional contact therewith and engaging one of said stop wheels and the other end thereof engaging one of said slide members and exerting a retractile pressure thereon.

4. In a coin operated registering money bank, a main frame member comprising a normally horizontal plate portion, a downwardly inclined portion at one end of said plate portion and a normally horizontal guard portion at the lower end of said inclined portion, shallow side flanges extending upwardly from the sides of said plate portion, side plates extending forwardly from said inclined portion, a transverse axle member supported in said side plates, a plurality of register wheels mounted on said axle member between said side plates, a cover extending over the top of said main frame and secured thereto, a slide member for each registering wheel, said slide members resting on said horizontal plate, a slide member locking plate positioned above and engageable with said slide members, said cover and said horizontal plate and said locking plate all having coin slots therein, pawl members integral with the forward ends of said slides engaging said register wheels, and spring means urging said slides into retracted position.

5. In a registering money bank, a register wheel, a spring pressed slide member positioned to advance said register wheel, said slide member having a recess therein and having upwardly projecting means provided with an inclined surface, and a pivoted locking plate having a pawl engageable within the recess in said slide for preventing movement of the slide, one side of said pawl being inclined and being engaged by the inclined surface means on said slide whereby the forward end of said locking member will be urged downwardly against said slide.

6. In a coin operated registering bank, a locking plate having a bent portion of inverted trough shape extending crosswise thereof and having coin slots therein extending through said trough shaped portion at right angles thereto, said inverted trough shaped portion aiording additional bearing surface for the side faces of the coins.

7. In a coin operated registering money bank, two registering wheels rotatably mounted side by side, a stop wheel of less diameter than the registering wheels positioned between the registering wheels and secured to one of said registering wheels, said stop wheel having a stop shoulder thereon, and a spring pawl extending between said registering wheels and positioned to engage the stop wheel, said spring pawl having a resilient bend therein between the registering wheels frictionally engaging the sides of said registering wheels.

ROBERT B. HAYDEN. 

